Münzkirchen

market community Münzkirchen
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Upper Austria
Political District :	Schärding
License plate :	SD
Surface:	21.07 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 29 '  N , 13 ° 34'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 29 '4 "  N , 13 ° 34' 12"  E
Height :	486  m above sea level A.
Residents :	2,532 (Jan 1, 2020)
Population density :	120 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	4792
Area code :	07716
Community code :	4 14 13
Address of the municipal administration:	Schärdinger Strasse 1 4792 Münzkirchen
Website:	www.muenzkirchen.at
politics
Mayor :	Helmut Schopf ( SPÖ )
Municipal Council : (2015) (25 members)	9 9 7th 9 9 7th  A total of 25 seats SPÖ : 9 ÖVP : 9 FPÖ : 7
Location of Münzkirchen in the district of Schärding
The parish church of the Assumption of Mary
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Münzkirchen is a market town in Upper Austria in the district of Schärding in the Innviertel with 2532 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The community is located in the judicial district of Schärding . Münzkirchen is popularly referred to as "the capital of the Sauwald ".

geography

Münzkirchen is located at an altitude of 486 m in the Innviertel. The extension is from north to south 6.3 km, from west to east 7.6 km. The total area is 21.03 km². 25.6% of the area is forested, 65.9% of the area is used for agriculture.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 15 localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Eisenbirn (55)
• Eitzenberg (101)
• Feicht (52)
• Ficht (117) including Altenbuch, Einödhäuseln and satchel
• Freundorf (87) including Mörxing
• Foxesledt (2)
• Geibing (44) including Groß-Geibing and Klein-Geibing
• Hötzenberg (31)
• Landertsberg (71) including the Kaltenmarkt
• Ludham (18)
• Münzkirchen (1843) including Maierau
• Prackenberg (18)
• Raad (37)
• Schiessdorf (38)
• Wilhelming (18)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Eisenbirn, Freundorf, Hofalt, Landertsberg, Münzkirchen and Schießdorf.

coat of arms

Blazon : Split; on the right, in silver, a red, black-armed, upright wolf turned towards him; on the left three silver, rootless conifers, two to one placed in red. The community colors are white and red.

history

The mother parish has been named Mosiliskirchen since 1040 , and Hofmark has been mentioned since 1136 as a historical town center that is still preserved today.

At the time of the early church organization in the Middle Ages, Münzkirchen formed its own original parish . Like the parish of St. Weihflorian , it consisted of areas that originally belonged to the parish of St. Severin in Passau's Innstadt . In 1182, St. Severin and the "Innbruckamt" responsible for the administration of the Inn Bridge were incorporated into the St. Aegidien Hospital in the city center . Since then, the “Innbruckamt” has also administered the parishes incorporated into the hospital, which were to be assigned by the respective “Bruck pastor”. In addition to St. Severin with Schardenberg and Wernstein , these included St. Weihflorian , Kellberg , Hauzenberg , Kopfing , Münzkirchen and Tettenweis .

Since the founding of the Duchy of Bavaria, the place was Bavarian until 1779 and came to Austria after the Treaty of Teschen with the Innviertel (then 'Innbaiern'). Briefly Bavarian again during the Napoleonic Wars , since 1814 it has finally belonged to Upper Austria.

After the annexation of Austria to the German Reich on March 13, 1938, the place belonged to the Gau Oberdonau . After 1945 the restoration of Upper Austria took place.

On October 11, 1959, Münzkirchen was raised to a market town .

Population development

In 1991 the municipality had 2,522 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 it had 2,573 inhabitants. From 2001 to 2011, emigration increased and could no longer be offset by the positive birth balance, so that the population fell to 2,556 and rose again to 2,572 by 2018.

politics

mayor

• until 2009 Franz Haas (ÖVP)
• since 2009 Helmut Schopf (SPÖ)

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Münzkirchen

• Parish church Münzkirchen : first documented mention in 1253, today's building, a three-aisled nave, divided by pillars, dates from the Baroque period. During the first fire in 1719, the tower dome, 4 bells, the tower clock and the church roof were also destroyed by flames. It is believed that in 1720 the city mason Josef Hertl and the city carpenter Andreas Höretzhuber were the masters of restoring the parish church. In 1729 the oratory was erected, the sacristy was enlarged and the altars were renovated. In 1761 a new, beautifully made, well-framed high altar was erected and a new pulpit was built in 1766. In the course of renovation work in 1961, Gothic frescoes were uncovered in the presbytery .
• Filial and pilgrimage church of St. Sebastian: The filial church of St. Sebastian was built by the community in 1635 after surviving the plague : single-nave, five-bay and barrel vaulted with a semicircular apse, three altars and a pulpit. In 1729 the church was expanded. In the church you can admire the high altar with beautiful statues from 1635-1640, the tabernacle and pulpit from the 18th century and a Gothic crucifix from the 15th century. Since the relocation of the cemetery in 1973, the church has also been the cemetery church, but it is also used as a wedding church.

economy

There are 70 companies with a total of 353 jobs located in Münzkirchen.

Münzkirchen has also had the following privileges since July 5, 1848 and January 26, 1849:

• Fair: January 25th, Easter Tuesday, July 2nd and September 21st
• Livestock market: September 21

societies

• Sports clubs: ÖTB Turnverein Münzkirchen 1881, FC Münzkirchen, Badminton Club Münzkirchen, Sportunion Münzkirchen, UTC Münzkirchen (tennis);
• Fire brigades: FF Münzkirchen, FF Schiessdorf, FF Kaltenmarkt, FF Eisenbirn, FF Reikersham
• Cultural associations: KULTUR AG, Münzkirchen folk dance group, Münzkirchen stamp collecting association, Münzkirchen traditional costume band

Sons and daughters of the church

• Maria Mandl (1912–1948), supervisor in the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp
• Hans Polterauer (* 1958), visual artist who works as an object artist and draftsman

Web links

Commons : Münzkirchen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Side of the community
• Map in the Digital Upper Austrian Room Information System ( DORIS )
• Further information about the community of Münzkirchen can be found on the geographic information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ^ State of Upper Austria, history and geography, coat of arms. Retrieved April 16, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Johann Ev. Lamprecht : Description of the kk landesfürstl. Gränzstadt Schärding am Inn and its surroundings. Wels 1860, p. 276.
4. ^ Franz Mader , Parish history of the parish of St. Severin ( online , accessed on September 26, 2018).
5. ^ Hugo Lerch: The dispute between the Passau canon and Innbruckmaster Johann von Malenthein with the Passau cathedral chapter 1544–1549. In: Ostbairische Grenzmarken 6 (1962/1963), pp. 249–261, here pp. 250–251. - Theodor Ebner: The anti-giant estuary. In: Yearbook of the Upper Austrian Museum Association. Volume 148, Linz 2003, pp. 257–284 ( PDF (2.2 MB) on ZOBODAT ), here p. 279. - Johann Ev. Lamprecht : Description of the kk landesfürstl. Gränzstadt Schärding am Inn and its surroundings. Wels 1860 ( online ), pp. 275-276. - Johann Ev. Lamprecht : Historical-topographical register or historical local directory of the land ob der Enns, as an explanation of the map of the land ob der Ens in its shape and division from the 8th to the 14th centuries , Vienna 1863 ( online ), pp. 133, 212.
6. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Münzkirchen, population development. Retrieved April 16, 2019 . 
7. ^ Province of Upper Austria, results of the 2015 elections. Retrieved on April 16, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Hans Polterauer , in: Web presence of Regiowiki.at